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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Libonectes (Southwest Swimmer) was a very long-necked plieosaur, known as an elasmosaur (a group of marine animals from the creatcious with four strong paddle-shaped limbs that lived in the sea.) An early fossil hunter thought that libonectes’s head was originally the tail of another fossil, then it was thought that their necks could move much like a snake’s body, but they are actually relatively rigid, much like those of sauropods. There were 62 bones in its long neck, which accounted for over half of its body length. Libonectes likely swam after shoals of fish and attacked from underneath to trap them in its cage like mouth. Its teeth were long, sharp, forward facing, and interlinked forming said cage for trapping its unfortunate prey.
Hesperornis (Western Bird) was one of the largest birds of the age of dinosaurs. On land, it would have moved much like how penguins do today, not waddling mind you, but scooting along on its belly. It may have nested on isolated islands, or live birthed in the water. It’s webbed feet that faced backwards were ide3al for swimming and diving. It may have been one of the greatest (most well-adapted) predators of the ocean. It had many sharp teeth for gripping prey, a feature lost to birds after the mesozoic (excepting the occasional retroactive gene.) It could not fly, ans would be about the same size as an average sized man. It can be found in the North American Inland Sea, theTurgai Straight, and the North Sea regions in North America.
